Neural Control of Locomotion

   Neuro-musculo-skeletal model of locomotion

Collaborators:

Boris I. Prilutsky
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA

Dmitry G. Ivashko

John K. Chapin
State University of New York
Brooklyn, NY




            Block-diagram of the model                                           3-joint 9-muscle model of the hindlimb

Cat walking on a treadmill
(experimental data by B. I. Prilutsky)                                                                 Model

Related Publications:
Rybak, I. A., Ivashko, D. G., Prilutsky, B. I., Lewis, M. A., and Chapin J. K. (2002) Modeling neural control of locomotion: Integration of reflex circuits with CPG. In: Artificial Neural Networks. Lect. Notes Comp. Sci. 2415 (Ed. Dorronsoro, J. R.). Springer, pp. 99-104.

Ivashko, D. G., Prilutsky, B. I., Markin, S. N., Chapin, J. K., and Rybak, I. A. (2003) Modeling the spinal cord neural circuitry controlling cat hindlimb movement during locomotion. Neurocomputing 52-54: 621-629.